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[Deerock71]

I'm not even joking. I want this...PHRASE...to die and burn in the fiery pits of hell. In darkness. Reeking of sulphur. It is the worst combination of words since John Madden coined the phrase "THE RED ZONE". A wise game designer knows when a game is fun. A football player knows when the end zone is near. FUCK OFF with these trite phrases. Does any combination of words rub you the wrong way? Vent here.*


*drunk rant

 

[kiphalfton]

I'm not even joking. I want this...PHRASE...to die and burn in the fiery pits of hell. In darkness. Reeking of sulphur. It is the worst combination of words since John Madden coined the phrase "THE RED ZONE". A wise game designer knows when a game is fun. A football player knows when the end zone is near. FUCK OFF with these trite phrases. Does any combination of words rub you the wrong way? Vent here.*


*drunk rant

What a load of shit.

The gameplay loop in most modern games suck, mainly due to copy/pasted content spammed a million times.

 

[Amish Prince]

"Narrative through line" "cohesive experience"

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

It comes from "core loop", which is an actual game design principle.

 

[Dacvak]

Damn, this would've been a great weekend thread.

 

[Ozzie666]

Gameplay loop: Open Broswer, log into GAF, read GAF, make a few posts, log off GAF.

 

[Deerock71]

Damn, this would've been a great weekend thread.

It's Wednesday.

 

[Arsic]

Term is 100% fine. You just have some OCD shit.

 

[DryvBy]

You seem like the type that gets mad at the word combination "Alcoholics Anonymous".

Spoiler

Gameplay Is King does it for me, even if I agree. Graphics are important to video games.

 

[bender]

I like the term because when the gameplay loop becomes too obvious is when my interest starts to trail.

 

[semiconscious]

you have my support, op. but only after we get rid of 'eating good' first...

 

[Dacvak]

I have a feeling you just watched a recent Yahtzee video.

 

[Dr Bass]

I don't disagree really. Though it doesn't make me angry, it just sounds kind of stupid. Another one in that category for me is when people start talking about "dopamine hits" as a result of something happening in a game. Like everyone is suddenly experts in game design and how it affects brain chemistry.

It reminds me of how when a term becomes popular and the resultant explosion of people that start dropping that word/phrase in every conversation like they've been saying it all along for the last 20 years.

 

[LyricalShrike]

"Doesn't respect the player's time" since it's usually used by the crowd looking for "content" to consume rather than having fun.

 

[Dr Bass]

Google trends shows our very upset OP has a point. The use of the phrase has exploded in the last few years.

Edit: looks like my link won't work for everyone ... it basically showed a graph of the term growing dramatically in use between 2020 and 2025 with it being near nonexistent before. Oh well!

 

[RickSanchez]

How about "ludonarrative dissonance" ?